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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Templetroll" data-source="post: 2144442" data-attributes="member: 2201">The oddest encounter I had like that was a party (My wife and a couple who later married, I was their best man) met a wizard in a ruined city.  He was arrogant, but charming (His name was Imperious Jorge and he lived up to the appellation] and they were friendly people.  Jorge stood back and watched them battle an ogre; finding it most humorous.   He traveled with them back to town while flirting with one of the women in the party, a rogue named Genevieve, who used her feminine wiles to gain advantage.   Back in town the wizard went shopping, met her later, romance ensued and the next day a murder victim was found.   During the next week the romance went swimmingly and more deaths frightened the city.  The party was investigating the matter, while the wizard was totally bored by it all and often absented himself when they went to the scenes of the brutal crimes.  The victims were found to have been ripped to shreds and body parts 'missing'.Another member of the party voiced a suspicion about the wizard.  His paramour was disturbed but she admitted that the evidence was pointing that way.  The player was trying to get to the bottom of it and she wanted more details of her encounters with Jorge.  I described the fact that he seemed to be startlingly adroit lover and always seemed to know where and how to touch her!  He had a copy of a Kama Sutra-type of book (his spellbook with really interesting Secret Pages!) and the player suggested a few pages the two of them tried. (o_0)  She knew he had a beard and was hairy chest and back and I described how even his hands felt 'furry' and his fingers reached places no lover had ever been able to before....  She, player and character, thought it was just really cool use of magic on his part and quite acceptable since it made her feel great.  This was the part that was odd, trying to convey their relationship without having to be too graphic.  The player seemed entertained by the descriptions and how I would blush sometimes during it.Just to finish off the story...   Then they got the idea that he was a werewolf.  It fit the savagery of the murders and the slipping away.... She thought it was to keep from harming her and that was the sweetest thing and he really cared!!  However, for the sake of the town she put together a small silver chain bag with lead shot in it...  a silver sap which she was proficient with.  They deliberately took him to the latest scene of murder and as he gazed at the carnage, yawning, she smacked him on the back of the head!  A good solid hit it was too.  Jorge turned around and said to her, "This behavior is really going to put a crimp in our relationship."  the fighter sprinkled him with holy water.  I said, "he's wet."  They empasized how copiously they sprinkled Jorge.  I told them, "He is very wet."  They brought up how holy water should affect a werewolf and I agreed, it would do that and then went back to what was actually happening before them.Jorge said, "You seek a werewolf?"  then fell to all fours, changing into a wolf, and continued speaking, "... so be it."   Later the players said that speaking while in full wolf form should have been a serious clue but  they were caught up in the situation.They had a marvelous fight running all over town with Jorge always turning away from where the town guards seemed to be and chattering at the woman the entire time telling her this was so unnecessary.  The fighter kept up hitting the fellow, despite it never seeming to cause any wounds (the illusion about the wolf form covered it up).  He refused to accept that his magic sword was useless.The other party member did some great rolls to put a magical slave collar they had gotten from a monster's lair around the wolf's neck and it appeared to float about an inch away from the animal's neck all the way around. (!)   It also did not have the expected charm effect on the creature.  Then, as they finally had the wolf down and Jorge said something nice about missing her as he died, turning into a humanoid with a tiger's head.The players were shocked that I had run a rakshasa against them, asking why it hadn't peppered them with magic missiles and fireballs.  I told them it was because he was imperious; he did not need to rely on such meager spells, he was skilled enough to survive on his wits and illusions.The characters researched the creature and found out rakshasa were evil spirits that inhabited babies in the womb.... then his paramour found out she was pregnant...  The campaign ended with her on a ship out of the country and involved in a relationship with a rich merchant.</blockquote>

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